Today's Gospel tells the beautiful story of the Risen Jesus waiting at the seashore of the apostles and making breakfast for them. Who did you have breakfast with this morning? Who did I dine with? Was it Jesus?

I forget that Jesus is always with me and sometimes I rush through my day, from the moment I get up in the morning until bedtime without savoring the presence of Jesus in my life. I can sometimes even catch myself rushing the prayers I want to say, to get to the next thing on my agenda.

I need to slow down during the Octave of Easter and treasure the times that Jesus is waiting for me at the seashore of my life. It is as simple as that. And too, it would be good for me to ask myself if I saw Jesus in the people I had breakfast, lunch, dinner or a coffee break with today. If I saw Jesus in them, did I treat them as I would Jesus?